The problem seems to be there are plenty of people who want and have power, but not plenty who are willing to do the work. That act could be seen as targeted against Cheryl... in fact, who else could it be aimed at? Unwittingly, a major volunteer on the Worldcon.org site is now also about to quit my team, and since I am writing again and do have some dreams, I might have to quit as well. We've just slashed an already too-small group of volunteers.

We appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot, hell, in the head, all because of destructive politics and stupid power plays. People seem to be putting themselves and their petty rivalries ahead of Worldcon. But here's the thing, only you and Cheryl have been willing to do the Hugo website work and the worldcon.org work has been a huge fight too. Those with the power are not doing this work and do not appear to be considering the repercussions. Further, if, as you say, the BM wanted you in charge, then they are also ignoring the membership. And is that not Worldcon Inc thinking? This seems to be the worst kind of self-sabotage.

I like Ben, but he predicted that Worldcons will not last much longer and that there is little that can be done about it. Now he's in charge of the MPC and I have to wonder if someone with a more constructive outlook was needed. WTF is going on? Where TF is Worldcon going?

Or am I misreading all this? If so, someone please, set me right on this.